Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Seek God in Early Life
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
(A)Walk in the [a]ways of your heart,
And [b]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
(B)God will bring you into judgment.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best
Ecclesiastes 12:14
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14 For (A)God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
1 John 2:15-16
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (C)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
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Ecclesiastes 12:1
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Seek God in Early Life
12 Remember(A) now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the [a]difficult days come,
And the years draw near (B)when you say,
“I have no pleasure in them”:
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- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Lit. evil
Ecclesiastes 3:17
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17 I said in my heart,
(A)“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every [a]purpose and for every work.”
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- Ecclesiastes 3:17 desire
Lamentations 3:27
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27 (A)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
2 Corinthians 5:10
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10 (A)For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
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Job 31:7
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7 If my step has turned from the way,
Or (A)my heart walked after my eyes,
Or if any spot adheres to my hands,
Hebrews 9:27
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27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (B)but after this the judgment,
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Romans 14:10
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10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For (A)we shall all stand before the judgment seat of [a]Christ.
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- Romans 14:10 NU God
Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say to you that whoever (A)looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Genesis 6:2
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2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they (A)took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
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Ephesians 2:2-3
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2 (A)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (C)the sons of disobedience, 3 (D)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (E)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (F)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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- Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon
Romans 2:5-11
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5 But in accordance with your hardness and your [a]impenitent heart (A)you are [b]treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6 who (B)“will render to each one according to his deeds”: 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; 8 but to those who are self-seeking and (C)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew (D)first and also of the [c]Greek; 10 (E)but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For (F)there is no partiality with God.
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- Romans 2:5 unrepentant
- Romans 2:5 storing
- Romans 2:9 Gentile
Ecclesiastes 2:10
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10 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
For my heart rejoiced in all my labor;
And (A)this was my [a]reward from all my labor.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:10 Lit. portion
Revelation 20:12-15
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12 And I saw the dead, (A)small and great, standing before [a]God, (B)and books were opened. And another (C)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (D)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, (E)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. (F)And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then (G)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. (H)This is the second [b]death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life (I)was cast into the lake of fire.
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- Revelation 20:12 NU, M the throne
- Revelation 20:14 NU, M death, the lake of fire.
Numbers 15:30
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Law Concerning Presumptuous Sin
30 (A)‘But the person who does anything [a]presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one [b]brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be [c]cut off from among his people.
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- Numbers 15:30 defiantly, lit. with a high hand
- Numbers 15:30 blasphemes
- Numbers 15:30 Put to death
Genesis 3:6
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6 So when the woman (A)saw that the tree was good for food, that it was [a]pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit (B)and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
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- Genesis 3:6 Lit. a desirable thing
2 Peter 3:7
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7 But (A)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for (B)fire until the day of judgment and [a]perdition of ungodly men.
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- 2 Peter 3:7 destruction
Jeremiah 23:17
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17 They continually say to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, (A)“You shall have peace” ’;
And to everyone who (B)walks according to the [a]dictates of his own heart, they say,
(C)‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 23:17 stubbornness or imagination
Jeremiah 7:24
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24 (A)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (B)followed[a] the counsels and the [b]dictates of their evil hearts, and (C)went[c] backward and not forward.
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- Jeremiah 7:24 walked in
- Jeremiah 7:24 stubbornness or imagination
- Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. they were
Psalm 81:12
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- Psalm 81:12 the dictates of their heart
Psalm 50:4-6
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4 (A)He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 “Gather (B)My saints together to Me,
(C)Those who have [a]made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 Let the (D)heavens declare His righteousness,
For (E)God Himself is Judge. Selah
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- Psalm 50:5 Lit. cut
2 Samuel 11:2-4
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2 Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed (A)and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he (B)saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not [a]Bathsheba, the daughter of [b]Eliam, the wife (C)of Uriah the (D)Hittite?” 4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and (E)he lay with her, for she was (F)cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.
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- 2 Samuel 11:3 Bathshua, 1 Chr. 3:5
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Ammiel, 1 Chr. 3:5
Deuteronomy 29:19
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19 and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I [a]follow the (A)dictates of my heart’—(B)as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.
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- Deuteronomy 29:19 walk in the stubbornness or imagination
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